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e surgical facilities are asodern, the error rate as low as anyplace america. the big difference heris that its pients are among the world's poorest peop who raly get treated for eye diseas. globally, 45 milon people have prentable or reversible blindness. 12 milon are in india alone where the extreme sun and genetics a bramd -- blamed. many people lose the sight and lilihood by their early '50s. their businessuccess and social mission have long de it a model in public alth textbooks. 20ears ago this much younger reporter camto the ancient mple city of mothere where aravind was founded. by dr. v. heetired from a government hospital in 1976 andet out to tackle what he called disablg cataract blindness. >> nothing disabled a man like cataract and or eyight. >> aravind itself s a very small operation whenr. v stard it with 11 beds and four doctors, the from his n family. thidea was simple. they would serve patients who cod pay. the profit was afford ee care to the many more pele without couldn afford even the bus fa . though aravinset out to find patients throh re
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america. >>> make sure to follow us on facebook and twitter. ali "the situation" is at "the situation." >> you can logon 24/7 to cnnmoney.com. have yourself a great weekend! >>> next in the "cnn newsroom," newly released video that takes us inside the mind of the man believed to be the suicide bomber who murdered seven cia employees. plus, it's just plain old frigid outside, icy roads and power outages across much of the nation. ♪ >> so what is this all about? creativity in the classroom? teachers find a clever way to reach their students. >>> here in the "cnn newsroom" where the news unfolds live this saturday, the 9th day of january, i'm fredricka whitfield. >>> a deadly arctic blast is pushing dangerous cold weather across the nation today. it is blamed for nine deaths. places like aberdeen, south dakota and valentine, nebraska are in the negative numbers, minus 33 degrees. one reporter was knocked down while trying to show the sustained winds. >> reporter: the windchill, it is just painful. >> well, you can see the person actually trying
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go beyond the velvet ropes of public tours of the white house, america's most famous home. and explore the history, heart and architecture of the capital. american icons, a three disc dvd set. it $24.95, plus you begin and the. one of the many items available at c-span.org/store. now an event with former deputy national security adviser, for counterterrorism, juan zarate. he's a former bush administration official who also served in the treasury department tracking sources of funding for alleged terrorist groups. washington center for internships and academic seminars hosts this event that he speaks for an hour. >> is my time to welcome our first guest speakers today, juan zarate. zarate, to the inside washington weeklong seminar, congress and the obama presidency. this program is one that brings to washington undergraduate students from all over the united states. i've been associated with this program as faculty director for about 10 years. and this is a program which is very dear to my heart. and we have consistently had some of the best, most authoritative speakers avai
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. >> think of all the changes that have occurred in america since 9/11. what your question raises for me, senator, is one that does not ordinarily come into the debate on terrorism, and that is the question of cost effectiveness. the security people can come up with than in was number of ideas as to what you should do, and you find it very difficult to argue against any of them. because they have truth to them. i think, as we move along and as our costs continue to rise, the question you raised will become much more part of the debate. is it cost-effective? now, obviously, you want to go on the set of security. and you clearly have. i do not know what this country spends to fight terrorism today. i am not sure anybody has made a calculation of it. if they have, i have not seen it. but it is a huge amount of money. so the cost program schedule, too. >> i had a thought. i will come back to it. i want to talk briefly with you about the national counter- terrorism center, which we focused more on the dni and the general problem in some of the effects of the c
. >> think of all the changes that have occurred in america since 9/11. what your question raises for me, senator, is one that does not ordinarily come into the debate on terrorism, and that is the question of cost effectiveness. the security people can come up with than in was number of ideas as to what you should do, and you find it very difficult to argue against any of them. because they have truth to them. i think, as we move along and as our costs continue to rise, the question you...
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that is what america believes in. that is the vision that is far more powerful than the hatred of these extremists. here at home, we will strengthen our defenses, but we will not succumb to a siege mentality that sacrifices the open society and liberties we cherish as americans. because great and proud nations do not hide behind walls of suspicion and mistrust. that is exactly what our adversaries want, and so long as i am president, we will never hand them that victory. we will define the character of our country. not some small men intent on killing innocent men, women and children. that involves every american. and every elected official can do our part. instead of giving into division, let's move forward with optimism and unity that defines us as a people. now is not a time for partisanship. it is a time for citizenship. a time to work together. that is what it means to be strong in the face of violent extremism. that is how we will prevail in this fight. and that is how we will protect our country and has faced -
that is what america believes in. that is the vision that is far more powerful than the hatred of these extremists. here at home, we will strengthen our defenses, but we will not succumb to a siege mentality that sacrifices the open society and liberties we cherish as americans. because great and proud nations do not hide behind walls of suspicion and mistrust. that is exactly what our adversaries want, and so long as i am president, we will never hand them that victory. we will define the...
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that is what america believes in. that is the vision that is far more powerful than the hatred of these extremists. here at home, we will strengthen our defenses, but we will not succumb to a siege mentality that sacrifice is the open society and liberties we cherish as americans. because great and proud nations do not hide behind loss of suspicion and mistrust. that is exactly what our adversaries want, and so long as i am president, we will never hand them that victory. we will define the character of our country. not some small man intent on killing innocent men and women and children. that involves every american and every elected official can do our part. instead of giving into division, let's move forward with optimism and unity that defines us as a people. now is not a time for partisanship. it is a time for citizenship. a time to work together. that is what it means to be strong in the face of violent extremism. that is how we will prevail in this fight. and that is how we will protect our country and pass it
that is what america believes in. that is the vision that is far more powerful than the hatred of these extremists. here at home, we will strengthen our defenses, but we will not succumb to a siege mentality that sacrifice is the open society and liberties we cherish as americans. because great and proud nations do not hide behind loss of suspicion and mistrust. that is exactly what our adversaries want, and so long as i am president, we will never hand them that victory. we will define the...
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for over two decades, the sharpest minds, best can do fo >>> america's first line of defense is timely, accurate intelligence that is shared, integrated, analyzed, and acted upon quickly and effectively. that's what our intelligence community does every day. but unfortunately, that's not what happened in the lead up to christmas day. >> so says the president in his public statement thursday. in a private meeting on tuesday with 20 trusted top officials, he was more frank and angrier. "this was a screw up that could have been disastrous. we dodged a bullet but just barely." the stern words of the u.s. commander in chief were caused by quote unquote systemic failure, his language, that prevented officials from gaining the data to stop a christmas day al qaeda terrorist plot. a 23-year-old nigerian citizen named oumar if a huk abdul -- umar farouk abdulmutallab. he carried deadly explosives concealed in his underwear. the plane crossed the atlantic and in the approach to the detroit runway, abdulmutallab tried to detonate the bob, it failed. he was then overpowered by passengers. catastro
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pakistanis have come to the conclusion america is not a reliable ally, because america has not been a reliable ally. what america needs to do with pakistan is a policy of constancy, of cajoling, of pressuring, supporting, helping, of correcting, of screaming at, engagement. at all times and at all levels. bearing in mind that we should always keep the civilian government at the top of the agenda of who we deal with. the stakes in afghanistan and pakistan today are enormous. they're for must not just in south asia, but they're for must for americans. this is the place from which the attack of september 11 was planned and coordinated. recent event have underscored the risk we continue to run. they may have been orchestrated in yemen this time, but the head of the snake, as far as we know, remains in pakistan and afghanistan. but the stakes are also enormous for this president. wars consume presidencies. this is now america's longest war. and it is bound to consume this presidency as well. the president's advisers, many of them, particularly those who worry about domestic issues and heal
pakistanis have come to the conclusion america is not a reliable ally, because america has not been a reliable ally. what america needs to do with pakistan is a policy of constancy, of cajoling, of pressuring, supporting, helping, of correcting, of screaming at, engagement. at all times and at all levels. bearing in mind that we should always keep the civilian government at the top of the agenda of who we deal with. the stakes in afghanistan and pakistan today are enormous. they're for must not...
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america built its wealth entirely through the crime of slavery. and i take his life in every pot them one by one and the book facilitated a great deal of discussion and conversation and was 12 weeks on "the new york times" bestsellers list. and i was very struck however that one of the ten big lies that was most controversial of all was the big lie that the that the growth of corporations as harm to the american experience and damaged the american people. i mean, it clearly hasn't. it should be fairly obvious to everyone that it doesn't. those of you who came here on some means other than walking benefited from some corporation that created the bus or the car and a motorscooter or whatever it is you came here with. and those of you who walk also benefited from shoes that were made somewhere. i mean, the involvement of business in our lives, every aspect of our lives in benefiting us is so obvious and so ubiquitous and so omnipresent that it seems utterly bizarre that anyone could design this. but i became very involved in promoting my previous boo
america built its wealth entirely through the crime of slavery. and i take his life in every pot them one by one and the book facilitated a great deal of discussion and conversation and was 12 weeks on "the new york times" bestsellers list. and i was very struck however that one of the ten big lies that was most controversial of all was the big lie that the that the growth of corporations as harm to the american experience and damaged the american people. i mean, it clearly hasn't. it...
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-- can these measures keep america safe? >> there is no foolproof solution. our adversaries will seek new ways to evade this. >> the president suggested no one would be fired as a result, insisting failures were not the responsibility of any individual. instead the commander in chief took full responsibility for keeping the country safe, saying ultimately the buck stops with me. >> the threat of an al qaeda attack in yemen calls the british and u.s. embassies to shut down. authorities arrested three suspected al qaeda militants who were wounded in recent fighting and seized in a hospital north of the capital. our middle east editor reports from there. >> the anti-government put their anti-terrorist unit on display. they are under pressure from their allies to get results against al qaeda. while this was going on, his colleagues were on real operations not far away. this unit was part of the interior ministry trained by advisers from britain and the u.s.. the yemeni government is embarrassed by its military [unintelligible] it is politically difficult and dang
-- can these measures keep america safe? >> there is no foolproof solution. our adversaries will seek new ways to evade this. >> the president suggested no one would be fired as a result, insisting failures were not the responsibility of any individual. instead the commander in chief took full responsibility for keeping the country safe, saying ultimately the buck stops with me. >> the threat of an al qaeda attack in yemen calls the british and u.s. embassies to shut down....
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the majority rules in america. it is one thing to have a considered process and it is another thing to have a broken process and many of us believe that the senate process is broken and when i say many of us, i speak for many members of the united states senate as well. i think the american public, the better informed they are of that gridlock created by this necessity not to have a majority vote but to have some sort of super majority, if we require that in elections, many members of congress would not be elected into office if they needed to get 60%. in fact, when we get over 55% of the vote we think it is a pretty big victory. we get 59% in the senate, the senate still does not have the majority revail. that is a time that can not stand. the american public expect more and deserve more. >> could this mean a -- for example, could the senate fix its health care bill through reconciliation in a way that would pass the house? >> well, it is regular order. adopted in the rules, the reconciliation process was adopted
the majority rules in america. it is one thing to have a considered process and it is another thing to have a broken process and many of us believe that the senate process is broken and when i say many of us, i speak for many members of the united states senate as well. i think the american public, the better informed they are of that gridlock created by this necessity not to have a majority vote but to have some sort of super majority, if we require that in elections, many members of congress...
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well, the attack is bringing brand new attention to the role that america's spy agency is playing in this dangerous area of the world. the cia undergoing major changes in recent years, agents moving choser to the front lines and playing a more direct role in our military operation as we battle militants not only in afghanistan but across the border in pakistan as well. caroline shively has been looking into that from washington. i understand the cia plays a big role in the unmanned drone program. tell us about that. >> sure, gregg. chapman is reportedly where a lot of the manage for unmanned drone strikes are originated, not the execution, not the launch, that's done elsewhere, but the guys at chapman help figure out how to target in afghanistan and across the border in pakistan. now, this attack on chapman proves how dangerous a mission it is for cia agents there, but it's also incredibly complicated. many analysts say the cia is basically orchestrating the war in pakistan, something the pakistani government denies and that the cia wasn't talk about. also important, there was anothe
well, the attack is bringing brand new attention to the role that america's spy agency is playing in this dangerous area of the world. the cia undergoing major changes in recent years, agents moving choser to the front lines and playing a more direct role in our military operation as we battle militants not only in afghanistan but across the border in pakistan as well. caroline shively has been looking into that from washington. i understand the cia plays a big role in the unmanned drone...
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harry reid had said america was ready to elect a light skinned african-american. today, harry reid issued a statement, saying he sincerely apologize for offending any and all americans, especially african-americans. it >>> people in northern california are a bit shaken up after 6.5 earthquake. the u.s. geological survey says it was centered about 30 miles off the coast. it shook buildings and knocked out power to several coastal communities, but no reports of injuries or any major damage. >>> the phrase "there is no use crying over spilled milk" had new meeting today and nature. some drivers could not believe with assault on a highway overpass. a tractor-trailer overturned, spilling thousands of gallons of milk. it froze and look like ice cream covering the road. >> wow, messy situation. >>> the cold weather in the northeast and mid-atlantic, all the way to florida. miami today, only 40 degrees, wind chill advisory, wind chill warning because it may drop into the 20's. that is called for south florida. for us, seems like another day. pennsylvania avenue, the wind
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where america stands on food safety. how do we stack up against other countries and how do we prevent the most vulnerable americans from becoming dangerously ill? >> it got worse and worse, and it felt like killer pain. >> glor: and dashboard distractions, will the next generation of in car gadgets lure drivers into taking their eyes off the road? captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with jeff glor. >> glor: good evening, the new year has been a cold year for most americans and this weekend is no exception. a deep-freeze is forecast to engulf virtually all of the continental united states overnight. the south is particularly ill prepared for such bone chilling weather. mark strassmann is in atlanta tonight. mark, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, jeff. it was 12 degrees outside here first thing this morning, but with the windchill it felt like one degree above zero, very unsouthern but remember every state but hawaii has been experiencing freezing temperatures, it is just that some people fee
where america stands on food safety. how do we stack up against other countries and how do we prevent the most vulnerable americans from becoming dangerously ill? >> it got worse and worse, and it felt like killer pain. >> glor: and dashboard distractions, will the next generation of in car gadgets lure drivers into taking their eyes off the road? captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with jeff glor. >> glor: good evening, the new year has been a...
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"america and the courts" today at 7:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> this weekend on "the communicateors" gordon smith on the fcc plan to expand the broadband speck trum trump and what it might mean for broadcasters today at 6:30 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> now president obama pledges to push ahead on major parts of his domestic agenda. the president made these remarks at a town hall meeting where the main topic was the committee and jobs. from lorraine county community college, this was about an hour and 20 minutes. [applause] >> hello, everybody! hello, ohio! thank you very much, everybody. thank you! everybody, please relax. we're going to be here for a little bit. everybody take a seat, if you have a seat. it is great to see you. can everybody please give jodi a big round of applause for the introduction. [applause] everybody is a special everybody is a special guest, but obviously you have one of the finest governors in the country in ted strickland. please give him a round of applause. [applause] my former colleague when he w
"america and the courts" today at 7:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> this weekend on "the communicateors" gordon smith on the fcc plan to expand the broadband speck trum trump and what it might mean for broadcasters today at 6:30 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> now president obama pledges to push ahead on major parts of his domestic agenda. the president made these remarks at a town hall meeting where the main topic was the committee and jobs. from lorraine county...
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there were more interested in helping the jews of america. were so touched people started to get up from the room and come to the podium with a check with money with pledges they would pay so many hundreds of the lessons of dollars immediately and that might a telegram left chicago for prague skilling i have borrowed $3 million since you can borrow and then the next day she went to houston and the day after to san francisco to los angeles to myanmar and i asked her if one day she had a little more problems in his speech with people and she said yes one day and myanmar. it was an atmosphere of vacation, happiness and here i was going to speak about the young man of the jewish palestine fighting in the hills of judea and i wanted to buy and over code for each one of them and get she was able to find the words that moved so much of the audience that that might in myanmar she collected over $5 million. her whole trip took about a month and she was able to collect a total over $50 million. every night these telegrams went to prague and then he tol
there were more interested in helping the jews of america. were so touched people started to get up from the room and come to the podium with a check with money with pledges they would pay so many hundreds of the lessons of dollars immediately and that might a telegram left chicago for prague skilling i have borrowed $3 million since you can borrow and then the next day she went to houston and the day after to san francisco to los angeles to myanmar and i asked her if one day she had a little...
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but look, that's america. the truth is more is available to more people than ever before and anyone who doesn't see that added opportunities, comforts, life expectancy, educational opportunities that we have that would have been undreamed of for our parents and grandparents. anyone who doesn't see that is deliberately blind and deaf and limited and embittered. my grandfather was a barrel maker, came from ukraine in 1910. he never stayed in a hotel in his life. why would he? that would be rare for americans. one mother figure i have in my book, people are not going to believe it but it's an offical labor department figure and you know they wouldn't like. labor department in the united states, a typical american family today spends more eating out and dinners, fast-food restaurants or luxurious restaurants, different kind of restaurants than the family spends on health care. and we spent too much on health care. all right. the idea that capitalism is dead and agree to the reasons why capitalism is not dead and i
but look, that's america. the truth is more is available to more people than ever before and anyone who doesn't see that added opportunities, comforts, life expectancy, educational opportunities that we have that would have been undreamed of for our parents and grandparents. anyone who doesn't see that is deliberately blind and deaf and limited and embittered. my grandfather was a barrel maker, came from ukraine in 1910. he never stayed in a hotel in his life. why would he? that would be rare...
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america's economy was built on free market enterprise. it was built on these principles that allowed the private sector to grow and thrive and prosper and for our families to keep more of what we earn. where we are now in america in the last 11 months is seeing this reversal of those principles that were applied to build up our economy. all of a sudden we are thinking it is okay to grow debt in our country. it is okay to borrow from countries we will soon be so beholding to. it is okay to print money out of thin air and think everything is going to magically work out. fundamentally, everyone is equal in america, everyone has equal opportunity to earn, produce and build. the fundamentals of a strong economy have got to be applied again as they were like i said in the 80s when reagan faced a worse recession than today let's learn from that piece of american history and apply the same solutions. >> what about health care reform? i assume you want some health care reform, maybe i'm wrong. do we need health care reform? >> of course we do. ris
america's economy was built on free market enterprise. it was built on these principles that allowed the private sector to grow and thrive and prosper and for our families to keep more of what we earn. where we are now in america in the last 11 months is seeing this reversal of those principles that were applied to build up our economy. all of a sudden we are thinking it is okay to grow debt in our country. it is okay to borrow from countries we will soon be so beholding to. it is okay to print...
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caller: i'm kind of curious on white america thinks -- why america thinks we can go to afghanistan and make change when the soviets were in afghanistan for many years, lost many, many, many soldiers, and still accomplished nothing. ñhost: mark mazzetti. guest: and british before then. afghanistan is a place -- it is liche now, but it became known as the graveyard of empires, because these great, powerfulç countries went there and got bogged down. that is a lot of the criticism çof expand america's military presence there,çç is that youe % into a place where they are not open the expectt( -- not only accepted, and where they don't understand the culture. now, there are lessons of history that the military say they have learned, and that they will not repeat the soviet experience. however, the caller is right to be concerned about why will the u.s. do this better? after all, it has been 80 years that the u.s. has been there. -- been 8 years that the u.s. has been there. host: where else does the cia have a presence in efforts against al qaeda? guest: well, they have expanded the
caller: i'm kind of curious on white america thinks -- why america thinks we can go to afghanistan and make change when the soviets were in afghanistan for many years, lost many, many, many soldiers, and still accomplished nothing. ñhost: mark mazzetti. guest: and british before then. afghanistan is a place -- it is liche now, but it became known as the graveyard of empires, because these great, powerfulç countries went there and got bogged down. that is a lot of the criticism çof expand...
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if you look on the left, that is the new world, south america and north america above is is the first map to show north america and south merriman unambiguously surrounded by water, not as an undefined place not identified at all. because, it shows north and south america surrounded by water it is the first map to suggest the existence of the pacific ocean and this is something of a mystery because europeans aren't supposed to have known about the pacific ocean until 1513 when balboa caught sight of it from the mountain. and it is not something i dwell on on the book because i felt the mystery is more fun to leave as a mystery than try to resolve. but it is a great part of the story and not the only part of the story. there is more that is very very, significant about the map. look at africa, this is one of the first printed maps to show the full coastlines of africa. africa and -- had only been circumnavigated in 1497 by the portuguese and the frame at the bottom of the map is broken and it would have been easy to push the frame down a little bit. i think the point is clear, it is a
if you look on the left, that is the new world, south america and north america above is is the first map to show north america and south merriman unambiguously surrounded by water, not as an undefined place not identified at all. because, it shows north and south america surrounded by water it is the first map to suggest the existence of the pacific ocean and this is something of a mystery because europeans aren't supposed to have known about the pacific ocean until 1513 when balboa caught...
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, 1982 demonstration in central park is still the largest outdoor assembly of human beings in north america ever. did we have any impact on the event? >> i think that you did in a way that would surprise you. one of the things i urge you to do is get a copy of reagan's diaries and read them carefully because one of the things reagan didn't tell us at the time and didn't tell me i was a white house correspondent for "the washington post," i did not fully appreciate that he had become in his own mind it bidded the nuclear abolitionist. he was out in central park with you and my favorite anecdote with it came to occurred in 1986. gorbachev had just made it big speech in moscow in january of 1986 calling for the elimination of all nuclear weapons with the wonderful charge a time schedule and they reproduce this in the book. i found it in katayev's files. the speech was sent back to washington, translated for reagan and secretary shultz got in his car to raise over to the white house to give the president some guidance on what to think about it in when he got there reagan was already reading it
, 1982 demonstration in central park is still the largest outdoor assembly of human beings in north america ever. did we have any impact on the event? >> i think that you did in a way that would surprise you. one of the things i urge you to do is get a copy of reagan's diaries and read them carefully because one of the things reagan didn't tell us at the time and didn't tell me i was a white house correspondent for "the washington post," i did not fully appreciate that he had...
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america's economy was built on free market enterprise. it was built on these principles that allowed the private sector to grow and thrive and prosper and for our families to keep more of what we earn. where we are now in america in the last 11 months is seeing this reversal of those principles that were applied to build up our economy. all of a sudden we are thinking it is okay to grow debt in our country. it is okay to borrow from countries we will soon be so beholding to. it is okay to print money out of thin air and think everything is going to magically work out. fundamentally, everyone is equal in america, everyone has equal opportunity to earn, produce and build. the fundamentals of a strong economy have got to be applied again as they were like i said in the 80s when reagan faced a worse recession than today let's learn from that piece of american history and apply the same solutions. >> what about health care reform? i assume you want some health care reform, maybe i'm wrong. do we need health care reform? >> of course we do. ris
america's economy was built on free market enterprise. it was built on these principles that allowed the private sector to grow and thrive and prosper and for our families to keep more of what we earn. where we are now in america in the last 11 months is seeing this reversal of those principles that were applied to build up our economy. all of a sudden we are thinking it is okay to grow debt in our country. it is okay to borrow from countries we will soon be so beholding to. it is okay to print...
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over, he changed america vastly for the better. giving people ordinary people, the ability to buy a car a lot of people to go on vacation, and a lot of people take weekends off. i mean, it's incalculable, the gift that was provided there. and virtually every gift that has allowed the middle-class lifestyle, for better and worse, to emerge with the limbless choices that middle-class people have for this country today has come because of the creative ability of businesses. there is no lesson of any kind of that nature. and i write in the book about, you can go through the typical classes that people have, or even the holidays that they celebrate, we celebrate holidays, little kids learn about holidays. they never learned the pilgrims were part of a corporation. they had invested that they were here to make a profit or so were the people of jamestown. do we have -- and we have time for a few more questions? yes, the lady here. >> my name is emily. i am from england. i would just like to say i think you're a very charming man, but i'm
over, he changed america vastly for the better. giving people ordinary people, the ability to buy a car a lot of people to go on vacation, and a lot of people take weekends off. i mean, it's incalculable, the gift that was provided there. and virtually every gift that has allowed the middle-class lifestyle, for better and worse, to emerge with the limbless choices that middle-class people have for this country today has come because of the creative ability of businesses. there is no lesson of...
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the heads of jpmorgan chase, bank of america and goldman sachs are among those who will testify. the hearings begin on wednesday and could cub into thursday. >>> the football crisis may have caused problems for home sales but they rose in the baltimore area in 2009. the baltimore sun says sales increased by 3%. the downsize is the average sale price fell 9% compared to 2008. many economists say sales picked up due to the $8,000 first-time home buyer credit. >>> baltimore is halfway through the traditional flu season that typically ends in april. as gee gentlemen barnett explains, doctors are hosting h1n1 flu clinics anticipating a boost in patients. >> reporter: the h1n1 flur clinic in southwest baltimore works on a first come. >> we had people here about an hour before we were supposed to start. >> reporter: first served basis. >> it's a different bug. >> reporter: doctors say it's unpredictable. that's why many hospitals are keeping strict visitation restrictions to protect patients and workers. >> at this point, we still have visitor limitations in place. we're still asking vi
the heads of jpmorgan chase, bank of america and goldman sachs are among those who will testify. the hearings begin on wednesday and could cub into thursday. >>> the football crisis may have caused problems for home sales but they rose in the baltimore area in 2009. the baltimore sun says sales increased by 3%. the downsize is the average sale price fell 9% compared to 2008. many economists say sales picked up due to the $8,000 first-time home buyer credit. >>> baltimore is...
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the history of america is that we usually -- things get better. so it's almost -- i think it is kind of inevitable the 2010s will be better. andy's right. it's hard to know exactly how. and the question is, have we learned anything from this past decade that we'll employ in the next one? will americans save more? will businesses still be willing to take big risks? will financial markets come out of this stronger or be handcuffed by government regulation? >> you've got head winds, people worried about commercial real estate, worried about the bubble mentality of certain areas of this market. what would you say are the major risks going forward. you mentioned a couple of them, david. as far as market impact, what are the risks that we face. >> i think you're absolutely right. commercial real estate is a huge one. big banks seem to be in better shapes than the medium-sized and regional banks. there's a lot to worry about there. we know the history of financial crises followed by recessions, there's a lot of head winds blowing at us. a lot have to do
the history of america is that we usually -- things get better. so it's almost -- i think it is kind of inevitable the 2010s will be better. andy's right. it's hard to know exactly how. and the question is, have we learned anything from this past decade that we'll employ in the next one? will americans save more? will businesses still be willing to take big risks? will financial markets come out of this stronger or be handcuffed by government regulation? >> you've got head winds, people...
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there are stories like this all across america. and after two years of recession, the economy is growing again. retirement funds have started to gain back some of their value. businesses are beginning to invest again, and slowly some are starting to hire again. çóbut i realize that for every success story, there are other stories, of men and women who wake up with the anguish of not knowing where their next paycheck will come from, who send out resumes week after week and hear nothing in çóthat is why jobs must be our number one focus in 2010, and that is why i am calling for a new jobs bill tonight. now, the true engine of job creation in this country will always be america's businesses. i agree, absolutely. but government can create the conditions necessary for businesses to expand and hire more workers. i]we should start where mostç w jobs do -- in small businesses, companies that beginw3q -- companies that begin when an entrepreneur takes a chance on a dream, or a worker decides its time she became her own boss. through s
there are stories like this all across america. and after two years of recession, the economy is growing again. retirement funds have started to gain back some of their value. businesses are beginning to invest again, and slowly some are starting to hire again. çóbut i realize that for every success story, there are other stories, of men and women who wake up with the anguish of not knowing where their next paycheck will come from, who send out resumes week after week and hear nothing in...
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tonight i am with pamela newkirk, editor of "letters from black america." can you tell me about your books because it's a compilation of african-american letters, spanning from the 1700s to 2008, and what i try to do is present a multidimensional portrait of black life through their own letters. so it includes the letters of extraordinary people who, many have heard of, like doctor martin luther king, benjamin becker and ida b. wells. but also unsung people, slaves, just ordinary people throughout history. can you give an example of one of these unsung people? >> sure. there are many, several letters from slaves who are just writing to each other to family members from whom they have been separated. you know, letting them know how they are, trying to find out how their loved ones are very. not people who would have known of. >> how did you come upon this project and how did you select the letters? >> well, that was pretty insane. i went through thousands of lives over the course of five years, and some of the things naturally emerge so i wanted to look at b
tonight i am with pamela newkirk, editor of "letters from black america." can you tell me about your books because it's a compilation of african-american letters, spanning from the 1700s to 2008, and what i try to do is present a multidimensional portrait of black life through their own letters. so it includes the letters of extraordinary people who, many have heard of, like doctor martin luther king, benjamin becker and ida b. wells. but also unsung people, slaves, just ordinary...
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. >> i think it's really inspiring to hold america to cook something fresh. our hope is that there will be recipes in there, they'll want to try that. that's our hope. one vegetable at a time we can make a difference. >> so cool to take the cook-off to the white house. if the recipes intrigued you, we posted them at abcnews.com. >>> and that's the broadcast for this evening. >>> tomorrow on "good morning america" -- the farms in the deep south, you saw ryan owens there earlier, after tonight's potentially devastating freeze. we'll have much more on it tomorrow morning. i'm david muir. from all of us here at abc news, thank you for watching on a saturday night. have a good evening. good night. (announcer) we speak car. we speak rpms so you can zip by other cars. but we also speak mpgs so you can fly by gas stations. in fact, we speak mpgs so fluently, we can say ford fusion is the most fuel-efficient midsize sedan in america. yes, we speak car. and apparently, quite well. fusion is now motor trend's 2010 car of the year.
. >> i think it's really inspiring to hold america to cook something fresh. our hope is that there will be recipes in there, they'll want to try that. that's our hope. one vegetable at a time we can make a difference. >> so cool to take the cook-off to the white house. if the recipes intrigued you, we posted them at abcnews.com. >>> and that's the broadcast for this evening. >>> tomorrow on "good morning america" -- the farms in the deep south, you saw...
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we have to apply the rule of law to those we detain both abroad and in america. i think the al qaeda threat is different from what it was on 9/11. i think it is extremely strong, especially in yemen. i'm glad the president decided to focus more assets on yemen. this is a global problem. we need a global counterterrorism strategy. as we fix the specific problem that allowed a 23-year-old nigerian kid to board a plane with the explosives, let's have a layered system that anticipated new problems. finally, there's a home grown terror problem in the united states. we have to understand it. we have to work against it more adroitly. as we do that, i think sit past time for the president to stand up, the privacy and civil liberties board that the four of us put in the 2004 intelligence reform act, that civil liberties board is responsible for doing something we must do. which is to factor in the protection of our constitution as we develop new and harder hitting policies against the bad guys trying to attack us domestically and internationally. >> let me ah ask about th
we have to apply the rule of law to those we detain both abroad and in america. i think the al qaeda threat is different from what it was on 9/11. i think it is extremely strong, especially in yemen. i'm glad the president decided to focus more assets on yemen. this is a global problem. we need a global counterterrorism strategy. as we fix the specific problem that allowed a 23-year-old nigerian kid to board a plane with the explosives, let's have a layered system that anticipated new problems....
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this is the america agait the world cade. anti-amerin spirled almost out control for much of the decade in response to shall did . >> right after 9/1 >> we had a littleit of symphy for about a year but then with the set of iraq and dcontent with president bush'spproach to foreign policy, saw america's nuers really go south and there s -- not only concern aboutresident bu, it extended into the broader estion of worry about america'unchecked and unvaled power. w with president obama, some of those mbers have gone back down. but therstill is a coinuing concern about the exercise of amican power. and you could see the way began to play out as esident obama announced more tops for afghanistan and the backlash thabegan to create. that's going to beith us as a consequence of this decade pele around the world worry about the way th united states conducts itlf in dealing with its problems, dealg with terrorism. >> final thohts. >> i think the flip sidef thats, you know, what americs think our future in the world. ere self ree indicati
this is the america agait the world cade. anti-amerin spirled almost out control for much of the decade in response to shall did . >> right after 9/1 >> we had a littleit of symphy for about a year but then with the set of iraq and dcontent with president bush'spproach to foreign policy, saw america's nuers really go south and there s -- not only concern aboutresident bu, it extended into the broader estion of worry about america'unchecked and unvaled power. w with president obama,...
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however, he changed america for the better. giving people ordinary people the ability to buy a car following people to go on vacation and take weekends off. it is incalculable the gift provided there and virtually every gift that is allowed the middle class lifestyle for better and worse to emerge with be limitless choices middle class people have in this country today has come because of the creative ability of businesses. there is no lesson of any kind of that nature, and i write in the book about you can go through the typical class is that people have, or even the holidays to celebrate. we celebrate holidays, little kids learn about holidays. they never learn the pilgrims were part of a corporation. they had investors, they were sent here to make a profit, so were the people of jamestown, and they ought to learn that. do we have time for a few more questions? yes, the leedy here. >> my name is emily from england. i would like to say i think that you are a very charming man. but i am quite concerned the rhetoric your skillin
however, he changed america for the better. giving people ordinary people the ability to buy a car following people to go on vacation and take weekends off. it is incalculable the gift provided there and virtually every gift that is allowed the middle class lifestyle for better and worse to emerge with be limitless choices middle class people have in this country today has come because of the creative ability of businesses. there is no lesson of any kind of that nature, and i write in the book...
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." >>> you could make a short film about robots attacking south america, post it on the internet and post back and sit back while hollywood launches a huge xet tigs for your video services. coming up next on viral rewind. >>> a look at the top stories. a new video shows the man blamed for the deadly attack on a cia outpost sitting next to the head of the pakistani taliban. it was apparently made ten days before the attack and in the video. humam khalil abu mulal al balawi calls on jihad to attack u.s. targets. >>> a man accused of touching off a massive security scare is due in court next week. they say 28-year-old haisong jiang dunked under a security rope and forced officials to shut down the terminal and rescreen thousands of passengers. it delayed flights worldwide. he was arrested and charged with defiant trespass. >>> the nigerian man accused of trying to blow up a northwest airlines plane on christmas day has pleaded not guilty. umar farouk abdulmutallab made his first appearance yesterday in detroit. a grand jury indicted him on six charges, the most serious, attempting to us
." >>> you could make a short film about robots attacking south america, post it on the internet and post back and sit back while hollywood launches a huge xet tigs for your video services. coming up next on viral rewind. >>> a look at the top stories. a new video shows the man blamed for the deadly attack on a cia outpost sitting next to the head of the pakistani taliban. it was apparently made ten days before the attack and in the video. humam khalil abu mulal al balawi...
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harry reid is apologizing to the president and everyone in america. we'll tell you why. >>> winter tragedy in vermont when snowmobiles crashed through a frozen lake. your indoor cat.tdoors r specially formulated to promote hairball control... and healthy weight. friskies indoor wet cat food. feed the senses. friskies indoor wet cat food. boss: hey, those gecko ringtones you put on our website people love 'em! gecko: yeah, thank you sir. turned out nice. boss: got another one for you. anncr: at geico.com, it's easy to get a free rate quote, manage your policy, make payments or even file a claim! boss: now that's a ringtone. gecko: uh yeah...it's interesting.... certainly not the worst ringtone i've ever heard... ♪ ringtone lyrics: a-ringedy- ding-ding-dingy-dong, ringedy-dong-ding-ding... ♪ gecko (to himself): yeah, that might be the worst. anncr: geico. 15 minutes could save you 15% or more on car insurance. get the taste of a home-cooked meal at work with new marie callender's home-style creations-- a delicious meal made fresh from your desk. jus
harry reid is apologizing to the president and everyone in america. we'll tell you why. >>> winter tragedy in vermont when snowmobiles crashed through a frozen lake. your indoor cat.tdoors r specially formulated to promote hairball control... and healthy weight. friskies indoor wet cat food. feed the senses. friskies indoor wet cat food. boss: hey, those gecko ringtones you put on our website people love 'em! gecko: yeah, thank you sir. turned out nice. boss: got another one for you....
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mayor cowles pointed out right now nearly one-third of children in america are overweight or obese. that is one
mayor cowles pointed out right now nearly one-third of children in america are overweight or obese. that is one
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now, this may be a disappearing dream in america. i understand that, but the idea of a vacation, the idea of a 40 hour week, no child labor, these were ideas that were promoted 150 years ago by people like karl marx, if i may utter the words. karl marx did not create the soviet union. karl marx was a 19th century radical who sat around trying to figure out how to help working people, and had this idea with many other people, that working people have to work less than an 80 hour week. so they could think, so they could enjoy life, so they could read books. and i guess him being karl marx, so that they could go to a lot of meetings. and eventually, form unions. and out of that effort, there came the first transnational labor movement that led to labor unions in time, and lead to social democratic parties in europe, and lead to specific legislation, like vacations and the eight hour day. so who goes around thinking i'm on vacation, thank god for the labor movement? not many. i don't know where we think these things come from, but the bo
now, this may be a disappearing dream in america. i understand that, but the idea of a vacation, the idea of a 40 hour week, no child labor, these were ideas that were promoted 150 years ago by people like karl marx, if i may utter the words. karl marx did not create the soviet union. karl marx was a 19th century radical who sat around trying to figure out how to help working people, and had this idea with many other people, that working people have to work less than an 80 hour week. so they...
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is this the way to keep america safe sending back prisoners to yemen who might turn around and become part of an organization becoming more robust there? >> we're going to make sure we don't put american security at risk whether in yemen or here in the united states but we need to make sure that we are a country of laws and maintain that standard so that we are able to treat these individuals the w they should be treated, prosecute them if we have the information available, transfer them back, but make sure if transferred back the countries take the appropriate steps to safeguard us and them. >> republicans have been critical of this president. and accuse him of returning to a pre-9/11 mentality, lax in the face of terror, of essentially letting america's guard down. former vice president dick cheney said this past week. how do you respond? >> i'm disappointed in the vice president's comments. i'm neither a republican or a democrat. i worked for the past five administration. either the vice president is willfully miss characterizing this president's position both in terms of language
is this the way to keep america safe sending back prisoners to yemen who might turn around and become part of an organization becoming more robust there? >> we're going to make sure we don't put american security at risk whether in yemen or here in the united states but we need to make sure that we are a country of laws and maintain that standard so that we are able to treat these individuals the w they should be treated, prosecute them if we have the information available, transfer them...
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america's most dependable 3g network. bringing you the first and only wireless 4g network. right now get a free 3g/4g device for your laptop. sprint. the now network. deaf, hard-of-hearing and people with speech disabilities access www.sprintrelay.com. right now get a free 3g/4g device for your laptop. >>> and we'll be right back with more "roundtable" and "the sunday funnies." >>> >>> in view of the fact we're taking a propaganda, lambasting around the world, why is it not useful for us to explore the real facts behind this or our mote vases? >> there's an old saying that victory has 100 fathers and defeat is an orphan. i have said, as much as i feel useful, by me, in regard to the events of the last few days, the statements, the detailed discussions are not to conceal responsibility because i'm the responsible officer of the government. >> i'm the responsible officer of this government. president kennedy there. let's talk about the fallout on the round table. wooim joined by george will, bob riech, liz cheney, and judy woodruff. did the president put this behind us? >> i
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as south america. it is really a whole thing kind of monster. what is very significant is to conceive of the continent is clearly only explorative to a certain point and it is left implied that there was probably more of it but already extends farther south than the tip of africa so this is a giant, a strange place. this kind of mouth and letters of vespucci began circulating in europe. vespucci very quickly became a celebrity explore and was much more famous than columbus. vespucci was saying here is something that is pretty new. at least one chart this and letters of vespucci made it in the early 1300's to a little town in the mountains of eastern france, not far from strasbourg on the border of germany, and in there were these scholars who with the time were working on maps of ptolemy and they decided for reasons that remain obscure that what vespucci exporting described was not part of asia but was, corresponded to this hypothetical fourth part of the world that people speculated about. they theref
as south america. it is really a whole thing kind of monster. what is very significant is to conceive of the continent is clearly only explorative to a certain point and it is left implied that there was probably more of it but already extends farther south than the tip of africa so this is a giant, a strange place. this kind of mouth and letters of vespucci began circulating in europe. vespucci very quickly became a celebrity explore and was much more famous than columbus. vespucci was saying...
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if you look on the left there, that's the new world, south america and with north america about it. this is the first map to show north and south america unambiguously surrounded by water. not at some undefined part of asia, or just some undefined place that isn't identified at all. because it shows north and south america surrounded by water, it's really the first map to suggest the existence of the pacific ocean. this is something of mr. guith europeans are supposed to know about the pacific ocean and mountaintop.alboa caught sight so that's something that brings a lot of people back to the map, something that peter has written about extensively. it's not something i'd will on a whole lot in the book because i felt the ministry is almost more fun to leave as a try to resolve the. but it's a great part o story. there's more that is very, very significant about the map. if you look at africa, for example, this is one of their first printed maps of africa that showed a full coastline. africa had 11 circumnavigated by the portuguese pulled in 1497. maps are only beginning to show all
if you look on the left there, that's the new world, south america and with north america about it. this is the first map to show north and south america unambiguously surrounded by water. not at some undefined part of asia, or just some undefined place that isn't identified at all. because it shows north and south america surrounded by water, it's really the first map to suggest the existence of the pacific ocean. this is something of mr. guith europeans are supposed to know about the pacific...
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democrats did not share america's economic urgency. in my opinion, we would deserve to lose more seats. however, that is not the case. when i look at the members of our caucus, i see the urgency every day in the debate, in the eyes of our members, in their stories about their constituents every weekend. they talk to them throughout their communities. as we took our oaths of one year ago, we knew that things were not right in america -- when we took our oaths one year ago. families forced to leave their homes we saw it in small businesses laying off workers in the face of falling sales and rising health-care bills. we knew things were not right when our middle class had been running just to stand still for over a decade, and we knew that something was not right in a political culture that thrives for too long on easy choices, on the philosophy of deficits do not matter. publicly or personally. the entitlements, wars, and tax cuts for the privileged, all paid for with borrowed cash to be paid back by our children. for six years, a republ
democrats did not share america's economic urgency. in my opinion, we would deserve to lose more seats. however, that is not the case. when i look at the members of our caucus, i see the urgency every day in the debate, in the eyes of our members, in their stories about their constituents every weekend. they talk to them throughout their communities. as we took our oaths of one year ago, we knew that things were not right in america -- when we took our oaths one year ago. families forced to...
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plants across america. nearly 200,000 jobs created. we see beyond cars. intel. supporting coverage of innovation and the economy. >> and by bnsf railway. the national science foundation. supporting education and research across all fields of science and engineering. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you....
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the huge investment kia cars made into americas heartland. >>the economic impact over the next few years, between now and 2012, will be somewhere around 6 point 5 billion dollars from this one project. >> abirached: and malaysias role in the new world order and the rebirth of decoupling we speak to the md of malaysias huge investment holding company kasanah nasional . >>the growth epicentre is, has been accelerated by the crisis to move eastwards >> abirached and the serious money to be made from the mid life crisis, >>people of my age grew up on easy rider and that was sort of the bike that you always saw in the shops and you wanted >> abirached: the last year has been catastrophic for the us auto sector, which despite the cash for clunkers scheme is still in a sorry state. however one region, got a jump start from an unlikely source. while american carmakers cut thousands of jobs, close hundreds of dealerships and even file for bankruptcy, kia motors is making a multibillion dollar foray into the country. its the sign theyve been waiting fo
the huge investment kia cars made into americas heartland. >>the economic impact over the next few years, between now and 2012, will be somewhere around 6 point 5 billion dollars from this one project. >> abirached: and malaysias role in the new world order and the rebirth of decoupling we speak to the md of malaysias huge investment holding company kasanah nasional . >>the growth epicentre is, has been accelerated by the crisis to move eastwards >> abirached and the...
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america is not ready, not prepared for this. it's not about about. it's not discussed. not debated it. it's been on the edges, and now it's happening. how in particular the american will respond to. i'm not going to advise president obama, because it's too late but i can't get the message through in time. on the question of -- your very interesting point, more than one minute to reply to. overestimate the stability -- perhaps we will chat about that. i mean, i mean, i like the way you look at the question, the chinese f. new city and pointing out the importance of -- this is also part of the picture. i think there has to be -- i didn't talk about that. you're absolutely right. it is another aspect to look at it. and i think looking at, you know, the way in which you presented a certain auto conflict of discordant relationship between civilization state and chinese state is also interesting point. i respond positively to your point. there was one of the things i to say. >> don't have time. >> i don't have time. he is state power. state power. i can do anything. >> you ha
america is not ready, not prepared for this. it's not about about. it's not discussed. not debated it. it's been on the edges, and now it's happening. how in particular the american will respond to. i'm not going to advise president obama, because it's too late but i can't get the message through in time. on the question of -- your very interesting point, more than one minute to reply to. overestimate the stability -- perhaps we will chat about that. i mean, i mean, i like the way you look at...
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pakistanis have come to the conclusion that america is not a reliable ally because america has not been a reliable ally. what america needs to do with pakistan is a policy of constancy and consistency, of controlling, encouraging, pressuring, supporting, helping, correcting, screaming at -- engagement at all times and at all levels, bearing in mind that we should always keep the civilian government at the top of the agenda of who we deal with. the stakes in afghanistan and pakistan today are enormous. they are enormous not just in south asia, but they are enormous for americans. this is the place from which the attack of september 11 was planned and coordinated. recent events have underscored the risk that we continue to run. they may have been orchestrated in yemen this time, but the head of the snake, as far as we know, remains in pakistan and afghanistan. the stakes are also enormous for this president. wars consume presidencies. this is now america's longest war. it is bound to consume this presidency as well. the president's advisers,. gigolo a those who worry about domestic issues
pakistanis have come to the conclusion that america is not a reliable ally because america has not been a reliable ally. what america needs to do with pakistan is a policy of constancy and consistency, of controlling, encouraging, pressuring, supporting, helping, correcting, screaming at -- engagement at all times and at all levels, bearing in mind that we should always keep the civilian government at the top of the agenda of who we deal with. the stakes in afghanistan and pakistan today are...
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if you look on the left that is the new world, south america and with north america about eight. this is the first map to show north and south america unambiguously surrounded by water. not as some undefined part of asia or some undefined place that really isn't identified at all. because it shows more than south america surrounded by water it's the first map to suggest the existence of the pacific ocean and this is something of mystery because europeans are not supposed to have known about the pacific ocean until 1513 when balto was caught sight of it from the mountaintop. so, that is something that brings a lot of people back to that and something peter has written about extensively. it's not something i dwell on a lot in the book because i felt the mystery is almost more fun to leave as a mystery than to try to resolve but it's a great part of the story. it's not the only part of the story though. there's more that is very significant about the map. if you look at africa for its simple this is one of the first printed maps to show the full coastlines of africa. africa and, exc
if you look on the left that is the new world, south america and with north america about eight. this is the first map to show north and south america unambiguously surrounded by water. not as some undefined part of asia or some undefined place that really isn't identified at all. because it shows more than south america surrounded by water it's the first map to suggest the existence of the pacific ocean and this is something of mystery because europeans are not supposed to have known about the...